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>SPI_cursor_fetch</H1
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>SPI_cursor_fetch&nbsp;--&nbsp;fetch some rows from a cursor</DIV
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>void SPI_cursor_fetch(Portal <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>portal</TT
>, bool <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>forward</TT
>, long <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>count</TT
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>   <CODE
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>SPI_cursor_fetch</CODE
> fetches some rows from a
   cursor.  This is equivalent to a subset of the SQL command
   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>FETCH</TT
> (see <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SPI_scroll_cursor_fetch</CODE
>
   for more functionality).
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><TT
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>Portal <TT
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>portal</TT
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>      portal containing the cursor
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><TT
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>bool <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>forward</TT
></TT
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>      true for fetch forward, false for fetch backward
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><TT
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>long <TT
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>count</TT
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>      maximum number of rows to fetch
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>Return Value</H2
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>   <TT
CLASS="VARNAME"
>SPI_processed</TT
> and
   <TT
CLASS="VARNAME"
>SPI_tuptable</TT
> are set as in
   <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SPI_execute</CODE
> if successful.
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>Notes</H2
><P
>   Fetching backward may fail if the cursor's plan was not created
   with the <TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>CURSOR_OPT_SCROLL</TT
> option.
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